ALEXANDER WILHELM ARMIN KELLNER Curriculum Vitae (Condensed)
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ALEXANDER WILHELM ARMIN KELLNER Curriculum Vitae (condensed) 1. PERSONAL INFORMATION - Date of birth: 26/September/1961. - Place of birth: Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein. - Nationality: Brazil (naturalized); previous nationality - Austria 2. ACADEMIC TRAINING - 1994 - 1996: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Department of Geological Sciences, Lamont- Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University/American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. - 1991 -1994: Master of Philosophy, Department of Geological Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, New York, USA. -1986 -1991: Master of Science (in Geology/Paleontology), Instituto de Geociências da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. - 1980 -1984: Geology, Instituto de Geociências da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 3. LANGUAGES - Native languages: Portuguese and German - English: fluent reading, speaking and writing; - French: good reading, speaking; - Spanish: good reading and speaking. 4. PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY - 1997 - present: Full Professor; Department of Geology and Paleontology, Museu Nacional (MN) / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. - 1996-1997: Postdoctoral studies at the Museu Nacional/UFRJ and the Museu de Ciências da Terra, presently part of the Brazilian Geological Service (CPRM). - 1991-1996: Ph.D. studies at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University. - 1985-1991: Research Associate, Paleontological Section of the National Department of Mineral Production (DNPM/Rio de Janeiro). 5. MAIN ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES - 1998 - present: Lecturer of the classes "Taphonomy" and "Fossil Preparation" - Graduate program in Zoology, Museu Nacional/UFRJ - 1997 - present: serves regularly on committees that evaluate candidates for graduate programs in Zoology/Paleontology, career evaluations and other (total: +170). - 1997 - present: advisor of undergraduate and graduate students working on projects regarding fossil reptiles, particularly dinosaurs, crocodylomorphs and pterosaurs (flying reptiles). Advised over 50 Master and Ph.D. students, as well as postdocs. 6. MAIN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES - 2015-present: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Member of the Advisory board of Scientific Popularization. - 2015-present: Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontolgia, Vice-president of the Nucleus of Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo. - 2011-present: Coordinator of the Laboratory of Systematics and Tafonomy of fossil vertebrates, Museu Nacional/UFRJ. - 2007-present: Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Chief-Editor of the Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. 1 - 2008-2012: Chairman of the Graduate Program in Zoology (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia-PPZOO), Museu Nacional/UFRJ. - 2004-2006: Vice-chairman of the Graduate Program in Zoology (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia-PPZOO), Museu Nacional/UFRJ. - 1998-2001: Chairman of the Departamento de Geologia e Paleontologia (DGP) do Museu Nacional/UFRJ. - 1987-1989: Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia, comission of scientific events, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 7. ORGANIZING COMMITTEES OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS (selected list; total:26) -1994-1995: 14º Brazilian Paleontological Congress, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil (July 1995). -1994-95: First Pterosaur Workshop, 55º Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, USA (October, 1995). -1995-1996: "1. Symposium on Pterosaurs”, 56º Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, New York, New York, USA (October, 1996). -1997-2001: Scientific Program Committee, 31st International Geological Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (August, 2000). -1997-1999: 16º Brazilian Paleontological Congress, Crato, Ceará (August, 1999). -1998-2000: Co-convener of the General Symposium "The State of Art of the Stratigraphical and Paleontological Studies at the Araripe Basin", 31st International Geological Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (August, 2000). - 2002 - 2005: II Latin American Congress of Vertebrate Paleontology, hosted by the Museu Nacional in August 2005. - 2012-2013: "Rio Ptero 2013 - International Symposium on Pterosaurs”, Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro (May, 2013). 8. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF EXHIBITIONS (selected list of 29) - 1989: "Historical of the paleontological studies at the Araripe Basin"; Department Nacional da Produção Mineral (DNPM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (coordinator). -1998: “Dinosaurs From Gondwana Land”; National Science Museum (Tokyo, Japan) and Nagoya City Science Museum (Nagoya, Japan) (responsible for the Brazilian specimens). -1998-2000: "At the time of the Dinosaurs"; Museu Nacional/UFRJ and Department Nacional da Produção Mineral (DNPM/RJ) (coordinator). This was the most visited temporary scientific exhibit ever organized in the country. -2000: "At the time of the Dinosaurs"; Rio Centro Exhibition Hall, Rio de Janeiro, (co- coordinator). -2006: Maxakalisaurus topai - the first large-scaled dinosaur mounted in Brazil (13 meters), Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro. -2008-2009: “Dinosaurs From Gondwana-II”, National Science Museum (Tóquio) and The Yomiuri Shimbum (Tokyo, Japan) (responsible for the Brazilian specimens). -2009-2010: "Fossils of the frozen continent - the Museu Nacional in Antarctica". - 2012-2014: "Pterosaurs - flight in the age of dinosaurs", American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, co-curator. 9. FELLOWSHIPS -1983-1985: CNPq (Brazilian Scientific Council) - scholarship award for scientific studies at the Paleontological Section of the DNPM/Rio de Janeiro. -1986-1990: CAPES and CNPq - fellowship for full-time graduate study (M.Sc.) at the Department of Geology (UFRJ). -1991-1992: Graduate Faculties Alumni Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University - fellowship for full time graduate study (M.Phil/Ph.D.). -1992: Fellowship of the Doctoral Training Program of the AMNH, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) - declined by the candidate because of a similar fellowship from CNPq. 2 -1992-1996: CNPq - fellowship for full time graduate study (M.Phil/Ph.D.). -1997: FAPERJ (Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) - postdoctoral fellowship for studies at the Museu Nacional/UFRJ. -1998 - present: CNPq - research fellowship. -1999-2015: Scientists of the Rio de Janeiro State, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (granted to best scientists in activity of Rio de Janeiro; awarded in 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015). 10. MAIN RESEARCH GRANTS - 1988: CNPq - grant to visit pterosaur collection in several European institutions - 1989 - 1996: Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York (Axelrod Fund) - several grants for specific research projects regarding fossil reptiles. -1994: Small grants for specific research projects from: The Explorers Club, (New York); Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society (North Carolina); The Geological Society of America (Boulder, Colorado); Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund, American Museum of Natural History (New York); The Dinosaur Society (New York). -1998-present: Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) - several grants for specific research projects. -2000: Jurassic Foundation (Canada) - grants for collecting fossils in Minas Gerais, Brazil. -2002: National Geographic Society - grant for collecting fossils in Cretaceous strata of Brazil. 11. HONORS - AWARDS (selected list) - 1989: IBM do Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil. Price for the best paper "Bacia do Araripe - A Journey to the Past", competition entitled Planeta Terra - O Mundo deu muitas voltas. -1993: The Bryan Patterson Award - Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. -1993: Honorary Membership - New York Paleontological Society, New York. - 1994: Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, EUA. -1996: Correspondent Member - Brazilian Academy of Sciences. -1998: Research Associate - American Museum of Natural History (Department of Vertebrate Paleontology). -1998: Honorary Membership - Sociedad Paleontologica de Chile (SPACH). -2001: Biography of 2002-2003 do Who's Who in Science and Engineering. -2003: Full Member (Membro Titular) - Brazilian Academy of Sciences. -2006: Federal Congress of Brazil, distinction for the mouting of the first large dinsaur of Brazil, Maxakalisaurus topai. - 2006: Honorary Citizen of the municipality of Prata, Minas Gerais. - 2008: Researcher honored during the III Congresso Latino-americano de Paleontologia de Vertebrados, Neuquén, Argentina, for scientific achievement. - 2008: Honorary Citizen of the municipality of Santana do Cariri, Ceará. - 2009: Research Associate - Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Beijing, China. - 2010: Title comendador da Ordem Nacional do Mérito Científico, Brazil (on of the highest recognition for scientific achievement in the country). - 2010: TWAS Prizes 2010. The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Earth Sciences. - 2011: Honorary Membership - Fossilis, amateur paleontology society of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. - 2013: The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), elected fellow in Earth Sciences. 12. SPECIES DEDICATED - 1990: Cratodactylus kellneri, fossil arthropod, Rafael G. Martins-Neto (An. Acad. Brasil. Ciênc., 62(1): 51-59;1990). - 2013: Kellnerius jamacaruensis, fossil arthropod, William Santana